4 Schlüssel

4 Schlüssel (1966)

Bank director Ernst Rose, owner of the Hamburg bank Traven & Co., is asked to go to the airport earlier than expected to pick up his daughter Silvia. When he arrives, he realizes too late that he has walked into a trap. He is overpowered by kidnappers and abducted. The gang around Alexander Ford and his men want to rob three and a half million from the bank vault at the weekend. But it can only be opened with four keys, which are in the hands of four so-called key holders. Under the direction of criminal Ford, all those involved become puppets in a game of life and death.

Date of release
1966-01-14
TMDB
7.5 / 10 (5)
Genres
Thriller, Crime
Director
Jürgen Roland

Casting

Interesting facts

4 Schlüssel is a West German crime film directed by Jürgen Roland. It was released in 1965.

Background

The film was shot in black and white and is based on a novel by Max Pierre Schaeffer. Schaeffer was inspired by a real incident that occurred in Switzerland, where it was common for bank vaults to require four separate keys held by trusted individuals. In the real case, a gang in Zurich forced a banker to summon all keyholders to his home. One of them grew suspicious and arrived with a detective, causing the gang to flee.

Schaeffer’s story explores how the crime might have unfolded if the perpetrators had acted more intelligently. The film also examines how people react when threatened at gunpoint.

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